Vicenza, Italy. Since 1929
The history of FOPE is rooted in the Italian goldsmith tradition. It was 1929 when Umberto Cazzola opened an artisan workshop in Vicenza, a city with a rich heritage of knowledge related to the jewellery world. With the same pioneering spirit, his son Odino transformed the workshop into an avant-garde factory and invented the expanding watch straps, while his grandchildren Umberto and Ines created the iconic Novecento mesh and patented the Flex’it technology. The fourth generation, with Giulia, achieved international success and witnessed the stock market listing of the family business, a brand that has succeeded in reinterpreting Italian craftsmanship through design and innovation, bringing its gold, diamond and gemstone jewellery all over the world.
Hands, machines: craftsmanship and technology
In the Vicenza factory, technicians and master goldsmiths use automation and robotics to create jewellery of impeccable quality. The two major innovations introduced by FOPE are the patented system Flex’it, which makes the jewellery elasticated thanks to microscopic 18-carat gold springs inserted in the construction, and the unmistakable Novecento mesh, a soft weave obtained by hooking the components without the use of soldering.
The uniqueness of flexible jewellery
A masterpiece of jewellery making and engineering at the same time, Flex’it is a patented system for producing jewellery that is entirely and uniquely flexible, comfortable and easy to wear, in 18-carat gold. Flex’it is the brand’s signature: if FOPE jewellery is known the world over, it is because of the mesh that is made flexible by a patented system of tiny 18-carat gold springs, which create original styles and fits.
Contemporary minimalism
As in contemporary music, where minimalism is defined as relying on repetitive modules and reduced organics, the FOPE jewellery is also based on synthesis and repetition: the basis of its design is the Novecento mesh, the Flex’it technology and the mix of gold colours.
For a casual elegance
Flexibility is a technical characteristic of jewellery, but most importantly, it is a personality trait. The FOPE jewellery expresses an idea of contemporary luxury, functional for self-expression. Genderless and ageless, it is an element to be experienced casually in your everyday life, for a style that transcends fashion, space and time.